Non-refillable bottle.



Patented Oct. 3, I899.

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NO N-BE FILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Appl ton filed Nov 23 1898) (No Model.)

NITED- STATES ATENT FFrciEi.

WILLIAM RANDALL PHILLIPS, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REF lLLAB LE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,184, dated October3, 1899.

Application filed November 28, 1898. Serial No. 697,6 '74. (N model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RANDALL PHILLIPS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-RefillableBottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles; and its objectis toprovide an improved construction of the same whereby the bottle afterhaving once been filled and the contents emptied cannot be againrefilled without detection.

It is also an object to provide improved means for securing the stopperin place in the bottle which can be used as a corkscrew to remove thecork when desired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts herein-' after fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of so much of abottle as is necessary to show my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the upper portion of the neck of the bottle, the stopper beingremoved. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the stopper removed from thebottle.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral l designates the neck of thebottle, of any ordinary or suitable construction, formed with the usualreinforcing or strengthening boss or flange 2 at the mouth thereof. Thisboss or flange is provided with diametrically opposite recesses in thelower end thereof. Located in these recesses and formed integral withthe bottle are nibs o'r hooks 4, at each side of which are grooves 5,extending to the top of the boss and their lower ends intersecting thesaid recesses.

The numeral 6 designates the stopper, consisting of an ordinary cork,which is inserted in the mouth of the bottle.

The numeral '7 designates a corkscrew consisting of a single piece ofwire, one end of The said loop is then bent down upon the cork orstopper and then carrieddownward along opposite sides of the stopper andengaged with the nibs or hooks 4. The Wire above the lower ends of thenibs or hooks will engage with the grooves 5. When a bottle is filledand the stopper driven into the mouth thereof, the said loop will engagewith the nibs or hooks and the spring or expansion of the stopper willhold the said loop securely in engagement with said nibs. To withdrawthe contents of the bottle, the nibs or hooks are broken off, so thatthe loop is disengaged. The loop is pulled out or extended, as seen inFig. 5, so that it will serve as a handle to remove the stopper from thebottle.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim is The combinationwith the bottle having a boss or flange at the mouth formed withdiametrically opposite recesses at the lower end and the nibs located insaid recesses provided with grooves at the sides intersecting saidrecessesand extending to the top of the bottle, of the stopper,thecorkscrew connected therewith provided with loops extending down thesides of the bottle and engaging with said nibs, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses.

WILLIAM RANDALL PHILLIPS.

. Witnesses:

GERTRUDE HORN, J AS. F. BURT.

